Hair dressing instrument



June 30, 1942. J. w. DOVE HAIR DRESSING INSTRUMENT Filed Oct. 19, 1940 Jossvu W. Dove.

I INVENTOR.-

Patented June 30, 1942 HAIR DRESSING INSTRUMENT Joseph W. Dove, Port Huron, Mich, assignor of forty per cent to Lester C. Batdorfi, Detroit, Mich.

Application October 19, 1940, Serial No. 361,910

Claims.

This invention relates to devices for the dressing, combing, spacing, or manipulation of hair, as in the process of forming a wave therein, and has for its general object to provide an instrument which will facilitate and simplify such operations incidental to the dressing or waving of the hair, and which will render possible a more varied and, in some cases, a quite different and desirable technique in the performance of such operations than has been the case with the instruments heretofore commonly used in the dressing of hair.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device having a pin or rod (such as is used to stretch and keep the hair smooth while winding arounda curling rod) in which the said pin is so arranged relative to a handle that finger pressure may be applied, in a manner much more restful to the operator than is possible with the present day type of pin which is simply a continuous extension of a handle; and more particularly, in this respect, the invention contemplates a device for the purposes wherein the handle is provided with an oifset portion or pressure bar from which the pin extends in substantial parallelism with the handle and in spaced relation to the axis of the said handle.

Still further the said invention contemplates the arrangement and combination of a comb with a pin in substantially parallel and spaced relation mutually held by a common handle.

A further object is to provide for the detachment of the comb for replacement, and also to permit of the pin being used with the benefit of the finger pressure bar hereinbefore referred to; although the arrangement is intended to admit of the pin being so used in such manner even while the comb remains in place in the device.

Still further the said invention has for its 010- ject to provide for the substantially parallel and spaced pin and comb held in such manner that they may be used in a cooperative manner in the handling or treatment of hair, such as in the examples hereinafter more fully described.

Still further objects or advantages subsidiary to the aforesaid objects or resulting from the construction or operating as the invention may be carried into effect will become apparent as the said invention is hereinafter further disclosed.

In carrying the said invention into effect, I may provide the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, by way of example, having reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hair dressing instrument embodying the features of the said invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same, illustrating the comb in a different position relative to the pin than that shown in Figure 2;

Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2, showing the comb in a still different position of adjustment;

Figure 4 is an end view of the device illustrating one of the methods of its application to the combing and smoothing of a strand of hair;

Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the finger pressure bar in handling the smoothing pin of the device; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1, illustrating a somewhat modified form of the device.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the form which I prefer, lending itself to a great range of usefulness and methods of use, and to the performance of a great variety of operations as well as many operations unique to itself and not performed readily by the instruments heretofore available to hair dressers, I H- lustrate a handle Ill having a squared orifice II in the forward end thereof into which orifice the correspondingly squared tail l 2 of a tail comb l3 may be inserted, as shown. Of course, the orifice and the tail of the comb may be of any other corresponding conformation suitable to meet the requirements, as will be readily understood.

At the forward end of the said handle I0 I show an offset portion which I hereinafter refer to as a finger pressure bar M, which carried a pin l5, extending in spaced and substantially parallel relation to the back of the comb l3 when the said comb is in position in the handle.

While the said comb may be permanently affixed in or to the said handle, I prefer that it be detachable therefrom, and I also prefer that it be adjustable about the axis of the handle as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Thus, the comb I3 may be set with its teeth extended laterally of the pressure bar I4, as shown in Figure 2, where convenience so dictates; or the comb may be permanently afiixed to the handle, where its use is intended to be limited to certain operations wherein this is the most favorable position for the comb.

As shown in Figure 3, the comb may be capable of adjustment to a position wherein the teeth are presented toward the pin l5, and guarded thereby, as when the device is being transported on the person or packed for shipment. In this latter position of the comb, the device may also be utilized in the performance of certain hair dressing operations, if desired.

Referring first to the use of the offset pin, whether in conjunction with or without the comb, it will be seen from Figure 5 that while the handle of the device may be grasped in the usual manner the forefinger may be extended over the pressure bar M, as shown, and a more sensitive regulation of the pressure of the pin on a strand of hair is obtained, as in smoothing or spacing, together with less fatigue on the hand of the user; and, furthermore, a highly desirable stroking effect is easily attained by rotating the pin about the axis of the handle during the operation. Still further, the offset nature of the pin and its manner of use permit working closer to the head of the person being treated without bringing the end into such close proximity to the head, the desirability of which will be apparent to those conversant with the hair dressing art.

With the comb in position in the handle, all the functions, for which a comb and a smoothing pin have heretofore been separately employed, may be performed with the single instrument described, with the additional benefits resulting from the presence of the finger pressure bar M; but, in addition to this, many further operations and a much wider technique in the dressing of hair is rendered possible by the combination. For instance, the teeth of the comb'may beused to maintain a fiat strand of hair properly extended in a plane while being smoothed by the bar I5, as shown in Figure 4. Or the hair may be coiled around both the comb and the pin, with the elements in the positions indicated in the said Figure 4, the coil being held extended by the teeth of the comb, after which the handle may be detached lengthwise from the comb, thus withdrawing the pin from the coil of hair. The resulting hair coil being hollow, the comb may be finally detached by simply moving it upwardly of the coil untilthe teeth are disengaged from the hair, when the comb may be then withdrawn endwise'from the coil. In this way a hollow extended coil may be readily and efiiciently produced. Where the definite extension of the hair by the teeth of the comb is not so required, the

device may be used with the comb in the posi- 1 tion shown in Figure 3, and the hair coiled around the back of the comb and around the pin I5 to secure a hollow coil.

Still further, a ringlet curl may be made, with the elements of'the device in the position of a Figure 4, by starting the curl at one end of the comb and advancing it in the spiral form progressively around the comb and around the pin, the teeth of the comb holding the individual convolutiohs of the curl-in place "while the curl is made.

The modified form of the device shown in Figure 6, merely illustrates that the handle H! of the device is not necessarily limited as to its position on the pressure bar M, as, in this example, both the comb and the pin are illustrated as being offset from the axis of the handle.

It will be apparent, therefore, that the new arrangement while lending itself to more convenient manipulation of the hair along the lines of present day practice, also provides for the development of still further and newer technique in the curling, Waving, combing, spacing, and other dressing of the hair.

The outer end of the handle 10 may be provided with any suitable form of key l6, such as for the tightening of a curl such as is commonly used in permanent waving, but the invention does not reside in the provision of this key and it may be provided or omitted as may be desired.

This invention may be developed within the scope of the following claims without departing from the essential features of the said invention,

and it is desired that the specification and drawing may be read as being merely illustrative and not in a limiting sense, except as necessitated by the prior art.

What I claim is:

1. In a hair dressing instrument, a handle, an offset finger rest extending laterally from the forward end of said handle, and anelongated pin extending forwardly from the outer end portion of said finger rest.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a comb, an elongated pin, -a member supporting said comb and said pin in substantially parallel spaced relation, the outer end of said pin being free, and a handle connected to said member, said member being offset from said handle to form a finger rest.

3. In a device of the class described, in combination, a comb, anelongated pin, a member supporting said comb and said 'pin in substantially parallel spaced relation, the outer end of said pin being free, and a handle connected to said member in substantial alignment with the back of said comb, said member being offset from'said handle to form a finger rest.

4. In a device of the class described, in combination, a comb, an elongated pin, amember supporting said comb and said pin in substantially parallel spaced relation, the outer end of said pin being free, and a handle connected to said member in substantial alignment with the back of said comb, said comb being removable from said handle, said member being offset from said handle to form-a finger rest.

5. In a device of the class described, in combination, a'comb, an elongated pin, a member supporting said comb and said pin in substantially parallel spaced relation, the outer end of said pin being free, and a handle connected to said member in a common plane with the comb and in substantial alignment with the back of said comb.

JOSEPH W. DOVE. 

